Three days later, he allegedly knocked over a Sovereign Bank branch in Port Richmond.

In that instance, the bandit, attired in virtually the same clothing, walked in about noon, passed a teller a note that essentially said, "I'm not alone. Give me the money, nobody gets shot," according to a police source.

He then made off with a few thousand dollars, the source said.

Cops subsequently nabbed Wells on a train in Rockaway, Queens, with an open container. They charged him with the two bank robberies.

In October, Anthony McGee, a second suspect in those heists, was arrested.

He was convicted in December and sentenced last month to two to four years in prison, said prosecutors.

The Northfield bank branch was hit twice by other suspects after Wells' heist -- on Nov. 14 and Jan. 13, said police.

Last month, Wells pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court, St. George, to a felony count of attempted second-degree robbery, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Besides prison time, Wells was sentenced Tuesday to two years' post-release supervision.